NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Karl Rove, who orchestrated two wins for President George W. Bush, spoke from the political sidelines Sunday in an Indiana appearance to promote his new book, "Courage and Consequence: My Life As A Conservative In The Fight."

As Rove signed copies of the book for those buying it at a Borders store in Noblesville, he took time to blast the health care bill, which the House passed Sunday night, 6News' Rick Hightower reported.

No stranger to controversy as a senior aide to the Bush administration, Rove withstood a lot of heat over the war in Iraq and other issues. He took the opportunity to give some of that heat back to the Obama administration when it came to the subject of health care reform.

"For the first time in many, many decades, we will have federal tax dollars being used to pay for abortion, and for the first time ever, we will have the community health centers … to use taxpayer dollars to provide abortion services," Rove said.

Rove said he believes that if the GOP wins back both the House and Senate in the upcoming election, health care reform may be booted.

"They can repeal this bill and put back … the things that are bipartisan and get Democrats and Republicans to join to vote for it," Rove said.

As he posed for pictures with those buying the book, Rove commiserated with like-minded views on the current political climate.

"What he brings to the table are facts, instead of a lot of rhetoric and feelings," said Miriam Weaver, of Indianapolis. "It's very hard to argue."

"We are broke as a country right now, and … if history is an indication of the future, I believe it's a wrong step to take right now," said Chad Fogarty, referring to health care reform.

Rove said the health care bill will have a dramatic impact in Indiana.

"To the people of Indiana, it means they have to share in two tax burdens. They share the burden that's going to be passed onto that federal taxpayer -- $526 billion in new taxes, taxes on drugs, taxes on medical devices, taxes on payrolls and taxes on investment," he said.

Rove said health care reform will also add a burden to the state budget, because Indiana would have to expand its Medicaid rolls, for which state taxpayers are principally responsible.